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Private WILLIAM JOHN MAY

Service Number: 19028
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT

XI. E. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Catherine May, of Sunny Cottage, Polgooth, St. Austell, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2269
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